“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” ― Confucius

Passion in your career is a driving force. Prior to this career as a coach that I’ve had for 16 years, I had eleven jobs in 10 years! I didn’t have any clarity of purpose. I didn’t have any sense of passion. I had no commitment. I was just blowing with the wind.

I don’t have regrets as the journey provided some worthwhile experience. I worked in corporate brand licensing for a year-and-a-half. I did some work helping inventors get out their ideas. I did a whole bunch of things. But every two years, I either quit or was fired because there was no real sense of commitment to being successful and no passion about my work. When I thought I was at the end of my rope, I took a job with my uncle in a very small investor relations agency. I was often grumpy and obnoxious. People didn’t want to be around me and my relationships soured.

Without clarity of purpose, your career is left to chance. And your attitude of dissatisfaction tends to spill out to other areas of your life as well.

When you have clarity and passion, you sustain a meaningful career and are excited about work every day, as I am now.

Whether you are in a position of transformational leadership and working to build a successful company; or you are in a business development role searching everyday for clients; or you are looking to make a career transition or a career change, it helps to have a career you love.

Here’s how I did it. Based on a personal development program called the Landmark Forum which I completed in 1995, I made a commitment. I spoke these words to myself out loud and to everyone I knew - I am committed to being successful in a fulfilling career that I love.

This is how you get from a mediocre career to a lucrative and meaningful career:

• Start with commitment - with clarity, declare to yourself, “I am committed to a successful, lucrative career that I love.”

• Explore and clarify your unique career direction, which you can learn more about in this blog post (http://jfcoach.com/blog/work-playground).

• Put your unique value proposition in your objective statement, in your resume and in your conversations around your network. Post it on a wall or mirror so you see it every day. Surround yourself with it and the programming will be imprinted into your brain and spur you to action.

• Tell people - talk to everyone in your network, talk to your friends, and reach out to your contacts.

• Keep declaring the commitment – out loud, and stay in that process. If you don’t quit, you won’t fail.

So, how about you? Are you ready to make a new level of commitment to a career you love?